Digital freight train: Swiss pilot project making progress

Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau | Issue International/2023

Digital freight train: Swiss pilot project making progress

September 2023 | Stefanie Probst

At the beginning of February 2023, a Swiss consortium launched the “DAC+” pilot train. On this train, automated train functions of the Full Digital Freight Train (FDFT) are tested based on the Powerline PLUS Train Backbone (PTB) communication system.

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